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To Take a Wife
To Take a Wife
Dir.: Ronit Elkabetz, Shlomi Elkabetz | 97 minutes

To Take a Wife

Israel, France 2004 | 97 minutes | Hebrew, French, Moroccan | Hebrew subtitles

Haifa, 1979. After repeated disputes, the extended Ohayon family tries to mediate between Viviane (Ronit Elkabetz) and Eliahou (Simon Abkarian) – two people with nothing in common except for their religious-cultural background and their four children. Over the course of several days, the couple quarrels over tradition, love, fears and progress.

To Take a Wife is the first chapter in the excellent trilogy by Ronit and Shlomi Elkabetz that continues with Shiva (2008) and Gett: the Trial of Viviane Amsalem (2014). This moving drama won two awards at the Venice Film Festival and the Best Actress award at the Jerusalem Film Festival. 

Dir.:
Ronit Elkabetz, Shlomi Elkabetz
Prod.:
Marek Rozenbaum, Itai Tamir, Jean Philippe Reza
Sc.:
Ronit Elkabetz, Shlomi Elkabetz
Ph.:
Yaron Scharf
Ed.:
Joel Alexis
Music:
Michel Korb
W.:
Ronit Elkabetz, Simon Abkarian
Cast:
Gilbert Melki, Sulika Sabag, Dalia Beger, Omer Moskovich
Festivals:
Venice, Jerusalem [node:field-cm-person-last-name]
Source:
Transfax Film Productions